Notes and photographs from the road and the ridgeline.

April 2016 · 22 photographs 22 with the X-Pro2 Let me first tell you that I have a backlog of photos to process and post that makes me fear opening Lightroom. Partially do to laziness and partially due to the fact that I seem to have fallen into a… Read post June 2014 · 24 photographs Expedition to Mera Peak This past March, I set off on my latest expedition to the Himalayas. This time, the aim was to climb Mera Peak, some kilometres to the west of Mt. Everest and try to reach to reach the summit at 6480m… Read post May 2014 · 19 photographs Expedition to Island Peak (Part II) It's been a while since I posted anything! Partly due to the fact that my website was growing older and less dynamic, something that I've fixed (I think!).… Read post December 2013 · 26 photographs Istanbul in Black and White Ever since the release of the Leica Monochrom, I have been thinking about the effect that a fully monochrome camera could have on my photography, the comfort level I would have to overcome and the cha… Read post October 2013 · 15 photographs Hong Kong in Black and White Last February I had the opportunity to visit Hong Kong for the first time, so of course, I brought my trusty X-Pro1 and basked in the beauty in chaos of such a city in between dim-sum and ramen breaks… Read post October 2013 · 27 photographs Expedition to Island Peak (Part I) As I start to mentally prepare for next year's expedition to the summit of Mera Peak, I realised that I never got around posting photos from this year's expedition to the summit of Island Peak in Nepa… Read post July 2013 · 25 photographs The streets of Thamel, Kathmandu. I've been very lazy/slow in processing photos from my trips, but I have decided it is time to get back to the basics.… Read post October 2012 · 9 photographs Faces of the Creek (Part II) … Read post October 2012 · 9 photographs A Late Afternoon in Pilanesberg, South Africa … Read post September 2012 · 10 photographs Faces of the Creek … Read post September 2012 · 10 photographs A sweaty late afternoon photo-walk in Old Dubai … Read post August 2012 · 8 photographs Table Mountain in Colour - Cape Town, South Africa This is a very shocking entry to my photo journal. There are landscape photos, a photo of an animal and all of them are in colour. Completely the opposite of what my entries tend to be (I have a Black… Read post August 2012 · 4 photographs Gurunanak Darbar Sikh Temple in Dubai A colleague of mine had been telling me about the new Sikh Temple that just opened in Dubai for a while, and unfortunately, our busy traveling schedules had not coincided until yesterday. It was quite… Read post August 2012 · 8 photographs Dubai Fish Market Dubai is a city that is often criticised for being fake, unreal and "disney-land-like", and while this is true for many part of the city, if you venture to certain areas of town, you can experience wh… Read post August 2012 · 7 photographs In the belly of Barcelona - El Metro in Black and White I came back from Barcelona with a huge backlog of unprocessed raw photos. I will be slowly posting some series of photos in due time, but in the meantime, here is the first: The Barcelona Metro in Bla… Read post July 2012 · 15 photographs Discovering San Francisco in Black and White I've been to San Francisco before, and whilst I have enjoyed the view from the Golden Gate Viewpoint on a foggy afternoon, and taken the mandatory touristic photos, I really don't enjoy that type of s… Read post June 2012 · 9 photographs La wen ray7a inti? - iPhoneography of Beirut Walking around Beirut today, before my flight back to Dubai, my Fujifilm X-Pro1 battery died. Luckily, following the old addage, I had my best camera with me; my iPhone still had battery and snapped t… Read post June 2012 · 14 photographs Muscat, Oman. An unexpected Canon 5D Tribute. I was doing one of my usual backlog dives in Lightroom and remember I had not really had a look at my photos from a recent trip to Oman I did last month. Whilst I was selecting photos for the blog-pos… Read post June 2012 · 6 photographs Quick trip to Lagos, Nigeria with the X-Pro1 Apologies for the softness of some of these photos; they were taken from a moving car at 100km/h on my way to Victoria Island from Lagos International Airport. As you can see, although soft, the X-Pro… Read post June 2012 · 14 photographs Harajuku, Tokyo. In Black and White. … Read post May 2012 · 16 photographs Downtown Nairobi More hands-on tests of my new X-Pro1… the majority of these shots were taken from a moving car, so the slow Auto-Focus ability, is pretty moot in my personal experience. Learn to plan your shot better… Read post May 2012 · 13 photographs 30 Street Shots with the X-Pro1 Just bought the fantastic Fuji X-Pro1 and XF 35mm F1.4 R combo and decided to give it a proper run for it’s money on the narrow streets of Old Dubai, UAE.… Read post May 2012 · 5 photographs Kushti Wrestling in Dubai I took these photos some years ago by the creek in Dubai. Kushti wrestling is a traditional Indian wrestling, that dates back centuries. In Dubai, construction workers from the sub-continent used to g… Read post March 2012 · 6 photographs Nairobi, Kenya … Read post